{"product_id":"9781770467729","title":"Muybridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do you capture a changing world in the blink of an eye?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomesentangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford’s delusions of grandeur. Tasked withproving Stanford’s belief that a horse’s hooves do not touch the ground while galloping atfull speed, Muybridge gets to work with his camera. In doing so, he inadvertently createsone of the single most important technological advancements of our age—the invention oftime-lapse photography and the mechanical ability to capture motion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritically-acclaimed cartoonist Guy Delisle (\u003ci\u003ePyongyang, Hostage\u003c\/i\u003e) returns with anotherengrossing foray into nonfiction: a biography about Eadweard Muybridge, the man whomade pictures move. Despite career breakthrough after career breakthrough, Muybridgewould only be hampered by betrayal, intrigue, and tragedy. Delisle’s keen eye for detailsthat often go unnoticed in search of a broader emotional truth brings this historical figureand those around him to life through an uncompromising lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the French by Helge Dascher \u0026amp; Rob Aspinall, \u003ci\u003eMuybridge\u003c\/i\u003e turns a spotlighton what lives in the shadow of an individual’s ambition for greatness, and proves thatEadweard Muybridge deserves to be far more than just another historical footnote.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370479456317,"sku":"9781770467729","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781770467729_p0.jpg?v=1771588665","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781770467729","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}